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In Steven Casey's Englewood neighborhood, milk and eggs, bread and bologna are easy to find.

"In the 'hood, you can get meat all day long," he said. "It may not be good meat, but it's there."

What's more difficult to find, Casey said, are what his family and neighbors need so desperately: fresh bananas, apples, spinach, broccoli, kale and other fruits and vegetables that could improve their health.

Shortly after a 2006 study labeled his community a food desert, Casey and a group of self-proclaimed food activists started working to correct that inequity.

Next month, their new grass-roots organization, Food Desert Action, will unveil a solution to...

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In Steven Casey's Englewood neighborhood, milk and eggs, bread and bologna are easy to find.
"In the 'hood, you can get meat all day long," he said. "It may not be good meat, but it's there."
What's more difficult to find, Casey...